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Washington, United States (AFP): President Joe Biden faced intense criticism for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan but one year later both he and the United States have largely turned the page, even as the war-ravaged country still faces mounting challenges. Biden put out a written statement to mourn the 13 US soldiers killed on August [...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraqi President Barham Saleh on Tuesday encouraged early legislative elections to settle a political crisis that escalated into deadly clashes this week, killing dozens and wounding hundreds more. Early elections, less than a year after the last polls, have been a key demand of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, whose supp...
ANKARA (AA) – Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday called on his supporters to leave Baghdad’s Green Zone and apologized to the Iraqis after violence in the capital. “I apologize to the Iraqi people who are greatly affected by what is happening and criticize the revolution of the Sadrist movement and call for withdrawal from […]
KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Registration has opened in Kuwait for potential candidates to run for next month’s parliamentary elections. The registration process will continue for ten days until September 7. Kuwait has set September 29 for electing a new 50-seat National Assembly, a few weeks after Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dissolved ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait will hold parliamentary elections on Sept. 29, the state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday. A decree was issued by Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah calling on voters to elect members of a new 50-seat National Assembly. The Interior Ministry said it will accept applications to run in […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday announced his total withdrawal from politics. “I declare that I have quit political work and withdrawn completely from politics,” al-Sadr said in a statement on twitter. The firebrand cleric also announced the closure of all institutions except his father’s shr...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Major pro-Indian political parties in Indian-occupied Kashmir are worried that allowing outsiders to vote in future local assembly elections will disempower the native population. The elections will be the first since the Indian government revoked the region’s autonomy in 2019, raising concerns that Mus...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The death toll from clashes between rival militias in Tripoli rose to 32, Libyan health authorities said on Sunday. In a statement, the Health Ministry said 159 people were injured in the violence that rocked several districts in the Libyan capital. Calm prevailed in Tripoli on Sunday, one day after heavy […]
ALGERIA (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have agreed to open a new page in bilateral relations between their countries based on mutual respect and interests after nearly a year of escalating tensions. Following a meeting at El Mouradia Palace, Tebboune held a joint press conference...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Friday summoned the Indian charge d’affaires in Islamabad to formally protest what Islamabad described as the “extrajudicial” killing of a Pakistani citizen in Indian-occupied Kashmir. According to a Foreign Ministry statement, Islamabad lodged a strong protest against the “extrajudicial” ki...
